Sex Predators Roaming Washington Heights, Inwood

June 15, 2011

Upper Manhattan neighborhoods are jittery after three separate sexual assaults in the past week. Above is the suspect in one attempted assault of a 32-year-old woman at West 184th Street and Broadway in Washington Heights at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, June 12.

The guy, described as a Hispanic male about 18 to 25 years old, 5-7 and medium build, followed the woman and tried to remove her underwear. He failed, and she fled on foot.

On Saturday, however, a scumbag with a knife was more successful. He was seen on video at 184th and Bennett Avenue (only a block from the attempted rape described above). The scumbag had robbed and sexually assaulted a 37-year-old woman at knifepoint. He was described as 5-3 to 5-5 and in his early 20s.